Monthly Archives: December 2011

Difficulty: Moderate How to get there: Follow Route 3 from Ellsworth onto Mount Desert Island and continue to downtown Bar Harbor. Drive through downtown, continuing south on Route 3 (Main Street). Turn right at the Sieur de Monts entrance to Acadia National Park, just after Jackson Lab. From the Park Loop Road, exit at Sieur […]

Here’s a “One-Minute Hike” preview for you. Derek and I successfully hiked to the summit of a mountain on Sunday. It was a beautiful day, sunny and cold. And we didn’t get lost on the way to the trailhead, which is always a plus. From these two views, can you guess where we are? […]

I don’t want a partridge, let alone all those calling birds, doves, swans and French hens. So I rewrote “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” I’ll list them here, and then I’ll write out the last long bit of the song — the part you sing when you get to twelve and then have to remember all […]

Holy cow – I’ve got comments. And holy crap – it looks like I’ve been neglecting readers for weeks. Sorry about that. Let me explain. To have a BDN blog, you don’t have to speak the language of HTMLs and HTTPS and URL nastiness – that’s for our brilliant web editor. For me to have […]

Difficulty: Moderate. The trail reaches an elevation of 1,515 feet above sea level in about 1.5 miles. The overall trip is a little less than 3 miles up and down from West Branch Pleasant River parking lot in Katahdin Iron Works. How to get there: Drive north on Route 11 and turn left (west) on […]

Difficulty: The hike is moderate, according to the Appalachian Mountain Club. Finding the mountain is difficult, according to me. How to get there: White Cap Mountain can be reached by the Appalachian Trail. I am not sure where the trailhead is near White Cap Mountain (I have failed to find it on logging roads). You […]

Do you love the outdoors — but only when the sun is shining and it’s summer? I’m not about to come down on you. I was the same way, until I learned that being active in the winter makes the season feel a lot shorter. I also realized that if I plan on staying in […]

I’ve noticed that a lot of blog visitors (bless you) are clicking on my “About Me” tab. What? You don’t know who I am? I’m not new to Maine, but I’m new to the blog scene. I figured a few photos might help you understand just who is writing these posts. I’ve been enthusiastic about […]

Two years ago, I decided to open my “AMC Maine Mountain Guide” and randomly choose hiking destinations each week (much like the “One-Minute Hike” videos I’m creating now, sans the videos). I drove all over the state that summer in my silver Jeep Liberty, “Henry,” who has since retired. And though I’ve lived in Maine […]